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Anonymous
July 19th, 2017 - 8:53pmTrue say
booboo
July 19th, 2017 - 8:52pmthis is life, give an inch and some people want a mile
Anonymous
July 19th, 2017 - 8:46pmI don’t think they would cast someone with a major disability, but anything is possible.
The Moffatt Paradox
July 19th, 2017 - 8:43pmAmen.
Mick181
July 19th, 2017 - 8:40pmPer episode?
booboo
July 19th, 2017 - 8:39pmtelling people to just go away is a sure fire way of winding people up and starting an argument
Is that the attitude the BBC would take?
“Anyone who is still bothered perhaps just give it a chance” is a far better way of putting it
Tim M
July 19th, 2017 - 8:21pmI would reply to the BBC and say it’s only been in the last three series that gender change has been established, shoe-horned, forced upon and blatantly pursued…and not for the bulk of the series.
The Living Shadow
July 19th, 2017 - 7:57pmWell episodes like The Aztecs, Midnight, Listen and Heaven Sent have all been regarded quite highly by fans and they’re considerably (Bug-Eyed) Alien-Lite… Maybe Sydney Newman’s opinions aren’t so uncredible.
Thomas
July 19th, 2017 - 7:52pmAnyone who is still bothered and not happy can go away, it’s fantastic that The Doctor will be a woman!
We’ve had Missy (The Master) maybe people were unhappy at first but got use to the idea.
It’s maybe a step forward to cast an actor/actress with a disability or someone with a different sexuality rather than just straight.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 19th, 2017 - 7:32pmThe BBC have responded to complaints. Here’s the link if anyone is interested: http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/complaint/DoctorWhoJodieWhittaker/
booboo
July 19th, 2017 - 7:23pmno that would June Whitfield or Joanna Lumley ( who i would have loved to see as a Doctor 20 years ago)
Tim M
July 19th, 2017 - 7:19pmI’m surprised the first female Doctor Who wasn’t announced as Dame Judi Dench! It’s about the only thing she hasn’t been in!
R1ch1e
July 19th, 2017 - 6:57pmI live in hope that one day my job at Royal Mail will bring such a wage!
Tim M
July 19th, 2017 - 6:41pmI call the above the BBC/Moffat/Chibnall Master Plan. More audacious than the Cartmel Master Plan from the late 80’s.
Tim M
July 19th, 2017 - 5:43pmI seem to recall reading somewhere that Moffat was intending to leave the series 2 or 3 series ago. I suggest that Chibnall was likely successor to Moffat back then. But as Chibnall was committed to ITV and further series of ‘Broadchurch’, Moffat remained. Would it therefore be likely to presume that Moffat and Chibnall discussed in private where Chibnall intended to take the series when he became showrunner. I wouldn’t be surprised if 3 years ago or so Chibnall said he wanted a female Doctor. It would then make a lot of sense for Moffatt to lay the groundwork, and create a new mythology to the Time Lords, so that when Chibnall’s female Doctor took over, it wouldn’t seem such a major leap. It can’t be coincidence that it’s been during Capaldi’s era it’s alluded to and hinted that a female Doctor was coming. 1) The Master is Missy. 2) Clara says that she is the Doctor to the Cyberman. 3) Clara’s eyes even appear in the opening title sequence ‘suggesting’ she is the Doctor! 4) The Time Lord General is shot by the Doctor, and changes back into female form. 5) The Doctor says “he can only hope” when the Master says “is the future all girls.” So you see, this has clearly been orchestrated and been a game plan since series 8. Indeed, the fact the Doctor could become female could be very loosely perceived before series 8. But it’s not until Capaldi’s era, that it’s been so blatantly confirmed and set in stone.
booboo
July 19th, 2017 - 5:22pmi would ignore that comment , there are obviously some other issues in play here
Pats86
July 19th, 2017 - 5:17pmWhat do you mean you will keep a close eye on his comments, as then we will see if he is are actually a hypocrite?
Of course he is a true fan of the show, I have the same view point as him and I’m a true fan and no one can say different.
It bothers an awful lot of fans and as I have stated before, boys need good male role models because we live in a violent world be it reality or fantasy and this move has taken one of the very few non violent role models away from them.
Yes women are brilliant role models also, but lads are lads and will always look to other role models of the same gender.
Tim M
July 19th, 2017 - 4:49pmWell, for a series that can go anywhere…we now have a lead character that can be played by anyone! It just pushes the boundaries that bit more, which really can’t be that bad a thing. Doctor Who: Go anywhere, in any time with anyone.
Tim M
July 19th, 2017 - 4:43pmThat’s the sort of salary a top footballer gets a week!!! If not more!!!!!
cyberized
July 19th, 2017 - 4:32pmJust watched it. Ive literally just seen the 9th Doctor have an argument with his 13th self.
Original Time Lord
July 19th, 2017 - 4:30pmAs an older fan (started watching with Jon Pertwee), and now having got over a real shock to the routine, I realise that this now opens the gates to other opportunities. In 1979, Romana tries on several bodies before ‘locking’ her regeneration. Yes, she remains female, but one of the alternatives is (a very cheap) alien. In 1983’s Mawdryn Undead, Nyssa and the Brigadier are fooled into believing that Mawdryn (yes, a male form) is the Doctor … and yet his features are not fully human. Casting a female Doctor could mean that the possibility of future Doctors could be now be truly alien. An Actor/actress in prosthetic alien featured make up (like that other show, Star Something…) Or maybe even blue. Surely Time Lords could regenerate into any species they have encountered? This could be the start of a new way of looking at regeneration completely … “That’s the trouble with regeneration … you’re never quite sure what you’re going to get…” The Fifth Doctor, Castrovalva, 1982.
Anonymous
July 19th, 2017 - 4:19pmI wonder if moffat will be the main villain of the Christmas special. I bet he kills the 1 doctor and mess up the time line.
Saying It All How It Is
July 19th, 2017 - 4:16pmAdam, what do you think Father Christmas’ wife is called? Whats done is done. And what is it with most people blaming Moffat for the Doctor’s female incarnation (not defending Moffat, most of his stories are terrible) but its down to Chris Chibnall that she’s a she.
When the Christmas special has aired and also after series 11, i am going to be keeping a close eye on your comments, as then we will see if you are actually a hypocrite.
Personally, as a huge fan of Doctor Who, i can honestly say, i dont see a woman playing a character, i see the Doctor.
Same with 1 through 12 and the War incarnation….. for those of us who truly get into the action taking place on screen, it is neither male or female…. it is The Doctor. In the real world, men are able to become the woman they have always felt they were and vice versa for women.
A Time Lord/Lady is an alien humanoid shapeshifter. If you truly were a fan of the show, it would not bother you in the slightest.
Be honest, id like to know what you thought of Bruce Jenner and how she became Caitlyn? Was that wrong as well? Or Sonny & Cher’s child.
Hope this wont get blocked as im only expressing my own opinions.
booboo
July 19th, 2017 - 4:11pmI would say the same, there might even be people who think the casting is great but then not like what they see.
it all depends on how far they change things and what happens on screen really
The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 19th, 2017 - 4:06pmWell, it’s your choice. If you don’t want to watch it then don’t watch it. However, I do encourage you to at least watch the first couple of episodes so you know what you’re missing if you do choose to stop watching.
The Temporal Jelly Baby
July 19th, 2017 - 4:03pmI think you’re onto something there, Bushboy. I must have missed your post somehow.
Walker
July 19th, 2017 - 3:54pmSadly booboo they are drifting away, my girls are more Harry Potter nuts and my boys well it changes all the time!! the Capaldi episodes have kept their interest the least and they have gone from being transfixed to not being fussed whether they watch or not but then they have got older as well, everyone is cool with a woman Doctor apart from my eldest daughter who thinks it should be a man! It will be interesting to see the tone of the new series.
The Mofat Paradox
July 19th, 2017 - 3:41pmWell pats86 /The Prydonian we did say here that no gender change was our personal red line for continuing to watch when Peter Capaldi’s departure was announced on January 30..Don”t think we’re alone by a long shot so they need to know that we mean what we say.
booboo
July 19th, 2017 - 3:23pmthese sort of salaries man or women dont compute to me, i mean there are hard-working people who wont earn that in their entire lifetime.
Gordon
July 19th, 2017 - 3:18pmIs 2005 really recent though?